Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[balmain boy]

So who is the player to be upgraded to our squad?

With so many games on that there won't be any announcements today. Would always be tomorrow, after the round is over, so we won't know even if we signed someone from outside yet

Not likely to be tomorrow either with the two evening games as well.

Depending on the teams involved. If we signed someone from a club not playing tomorrow we could announce it.

If we were just promoting someone why not announce it today?

I don't think there will be much fanfare for this announcement.

You’ve got the inside word?

There hasn’t been any noise other than Panthers signing TPJ and Melbourne signing Tepai Morora in regards to the rest of the league finalising their squads.

I am expecting it to be an internal upgrade, I would expect Tuilagi

Very disappointing considering we have money to burn.. This has to be the lowest the club has been in the 20 years IMO.. If no signings I would hope there is some re-signings or money brought forward for a guy like Mbye.

Need to upgrade Daine Laurie and Stefo ASAP..

We still have not heard about the extention offers to TM and Seyfarth plus if we are going to take up the CO for JTJ and Joey. You would assume Joey is gone but you never know with this mob.. I think the communication to the fans this year has dropped off completely from past years and not sure if that is to do with COVID and letting staff go.. They need to remember its us fans that as buying the memberships , Tickets to games, Merchandise etc...

Contract discussions have started with both Seyfarth and Mikaele but no offer put forward yet.

So we don't want to keep them? Absolute amateur hour

Put the bulldozer through our senior recruitment team, they're hopeless and need to be put to pasture. Next!

 

[balmain boy]

So who is the player to be upgraded to our squad?

With so many games on that there won't be any announcements today. Would always be tomorrow, after the round is over, so we won't know even if we signed someone from outside yet

Not likely to be tomorrow either with the two evening games as well.

Depending on the teams involved. If we signed someone from a club not playing tomorrow we could announce it.

If we were just promoting someone why not announce it today?

I don't think there will be much fanfare for this announcement.

You’ve got the inside word?

There hasn’t been any noise other than Panthers signing TPJ and Melbourne signing Tepai Morora in regards to the rest of the league finalising their squads.

I am expecting it to be an internal upgrade, I would expect Tuilagi

That would be a disaster and massive insult to everyone at the club (other than Kelma).

It says there's not a single player of any age that wants to join us.

There is not a lot around atm.

That's just not true and a massive copout. There's hundreds of players potentially available. We'd be far better off promoting Etu Lui, Israel Ogden or evn Logen Dillion given Laurie is out. Get them in the bubble asap!

Or target a star from another clubs Flegg squad. They're not playing for them, so being released to an NRL deal would be highly probable. We've got to be exploring all avenues. If they wont do it give me a job! Sure the kids aren't match fit but there's more long term value getting them training with the nrl squad now and this will help us next season, if not sooner. Promoting Tuilagi, Cooper etc achieves absolutley nothing and is completely pointless.

 

[jag]

We have a Claytons recruitment team!!

 

[hsvjones]

I think the biggest problem we have is the senior players are not delivering as they should..
We have all these younger players that have potential but we are asking them to carry the team when it should be the other way around.. The argument that we need to keep investing into youth is good but if we don't go and buy the senior players that WILL set the standards we will continue on this lovely slide we are currently on..
You go through every team and look at there senior players and then look at ours :angry: It's amazing we are not on the bottom with the Dogs but at least there fans have something to cheer about moving forward..

We need to buy some hard nosed players even if it for just 2 years because all we are doing to these young gems we have is building a losing mentality and driving them away.. Clearly our young guys are not up to it yet and there is not much in reserves knocking down the door..

I say we throw the book at Manu and B Smith and forget about our past bad decisions and move on..

 

[426Tlgerland]

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Say Goodbye
Packer
Mbye
Joey L
Roberts
Talau
Mikaele

Say Hello
Hastings
Gildart
Lomax
Peachey
Klemmer
Woods
The hello far out ways the goodbye lot , I put Peachey in as he is only 27 and he can change a game on his own , Klemmer add punch and Aggression , Woods still going ok and cheap , Lomax be nice , Hastings again can be aggressive and game changer compared to what we seen in our last game , nobody knew how to finish the game off , Peachey would have been all over that play the ball nobody turned up to grab , Gildart ? Not sure only time will tell I just hope he is quick

 

[Needaname]

So who is the player to be upgraded to our squad?

With so many games on that there won't be any announcements today. Would always be tomorrow, after the round is over, so we won't know even if we signed someone from outside yet

Not likely to be tomorrow either with the two evening games as well.

Depending on the teams involved. If we signed someone from a club not playing tomorrow we could announce it.

If we were just promoting someone why not announce it today?

I don't think there will be much fanfare for this announcement.

You’ve got the inside word?

There hasn’t been any noise other than Panthers signing TPJ and Melbourne signing Tepai Morora in regards to the rest of the league finalising their squads.

I am expecting it to be an internal upgrade, I would expect Tuilagi

That would be a disaster and massive insult to everyone at the club (other than Kelma).

It says there's not a single player of any age that wants to join us.

There is not a lot around atm.

That's just not true and a massive copout. There's hundreds of players potentially available. We'd be far better off promoting Etu Lui, Israel Ogden or evn Logen Dillion given Laurie is out. Get them in the bubble asap!

Or target a star from another clubs Flegg squad. They're not playing for them, so being released to an NRL deal would be highly probable. We've got to be exploring all avenues. If they wont do it give me a job! Sure the kids aren't match fit but there's more long term value getting them training with the nrl squad now and this will help us next season, if not sooner. Promoting Tuilagi, Cooper etc achieves absolutley nothing and is completely pointless.

Agree with this. A quick look around and you’ll see due to the exemption to enable clubs to use Dev / Train and Trial positions as first graders clubs haven’t limited their list to just them.

Sure Penrith could of added a young guy and paid him forward or whatever they wanted to do. Instead they picked up a guy who is transiting clubs in a position they need the depth in.
Even the Storm have picked up former Eel in Tepai Moroa.
Sure we are at the opposite end of the table to those two clubs but it makes absolutely no sense at all to promote a player into your team that 1 can already play first grade and 2 is part of next years plan anyway.
We’ve done that the past 3 years.
Starting with Garner in 2018. Seyfarth in 2019 and can’t remember last year but it’s been a joke.

 

[cochise]

So who is the player to be upgraded to our squad?

With so many games on that there won't be any announcements today. Would always be tomorrow, after the round is over, so we won't know even if we signed someone from outside yet

Not likely to be tomorrow either with the two evening games as well.

Depending on the teams involved. If we signed someone from a club not playing tomorrow we could announce it.

If we were just promoting someone why not announce it today?

I don't think there will be much fanfare for this announcement.

You’ve got the inside word?

There hasn’t been any noise other than Panthers signing TPJ and Melbourne signing Tepai Morora in regards to the rest of the league finalising their squads.

I am expecting it to be an internal upgrade, I would expect Tuilagi

That would be a disaster and massive insult to everyone at the club (other than Kelma).

It says there's not a single player of any age that wants to join us.

There is not a lot around atm.

That's just not true and a massive copout. There's hundreds of players potentially available. We'd be far better off promoting Etu Lui, Israel Ogden or evn Logen Dillion given Laurie is out. Get them in the bubble asap!

Or target a star from another clubs Flegg squad. They're not playing for them, so being released to an NRL deal would be highly probable. We've got to be exploring all avenues. If they wont do it give me a job! Sure the kids aren't match fit but there's more long term value getting them training with the nrl squad now and this will help us next season, if not sooner. Promoting Tuilagi, Cooper etc achieves absolutley nothing and is completely pointless.

Don't get too upset, me saying tuilagi is an educated guess

 

[balmain boy]

So who is the player to be upgraded to our squad?

With so many games on that there won't be any announcements today. Would always be tomorrow, after the round is over, so we won't know even if we signed someone from outside yet

Not likely to be tomorrow either with the two evening games as well.

Depending on the teams involved. If we signed someone from a club not playing tomorrow we could announce it.

If we were just promoting someone why not announce it today?

I don't think there will be much fanfare for this announcement.

You’ve got the inside word?

There hasn’t been any noise other than Panthers signing TPJ and Melbourne signing Tepai Morora in regards to the rest of the league finalising their squads.

I am expecting it to be an internal upgrade, I would expect Tuilagi

That would be a disaster and massive insult to everyone at the club (other than Kelma).

It says there's not a single player of any age that wants to join us.

There is not a lot around atm.

That's just not true and a massive copout. There's hundreds of players potentially available. We'd be far better off promoting Etu Lui, Israel Ogden or evn Logen Dillion given Laurie is out. Get them in the bubble asap!

Or target a star from another clubs Flegg squad. They're not playing for them, so being released to an NRL deal would be highly probable. We've got to be exploring all avenues. If they wont do it give me a job! Sure the kids aren't match fit but there's more long term value getting them training with the nrl squad now and this will help us next season, if not sooner. Promoting Tuilagi, Cooper etc achieves absolutley nothing and is completely pointless.

Don't get too upset, me saying tuilagi is an educated guess

Nothing personal of course mate, it's the club's professionalism at question here. It's just not possible that there's no one from outside our current nrl setup that we could sign. Our own elite juniors are a great start.

Complacency has been at the heart of our cultural issues since existence. We need to snap out of it.

 

[tony soprano]

So who is the player to be upgraded to our squad?

With so many games on that there won't be any announcements today. Would always be tomorrow, after the round is over, so we won't know even if we signed someone from outside yet

Not likely to be tomorrow either with the two evening games as well.

Depending on the teams involved. If we signed someone from a club not playing tomorrow we could announce it.

If we were just promoting someone why not announce it today?

I don't think there will be much fanfare for this announcement.

You’ve got the inside word?

There hasn’t been any noise other than Panthers signing TPJ and Melbourne signing Tepai Morora in regards to the rest of the league finalising their squads.

I am expecting it to be an internal upgrade, I would expect Tuilagi

That would be a disaster and massive insult to everyone at the club (other than Kelma).

It says there's not a single player of any age that wants to join us.

There is not a lot around atm.

That's just not true and a massive copout. There's hundreds of players potentially available. We'd be far better off promoting Etu Lui, Israel Ogden or evn Logen Dillion given Laurie is out. Get them in the bubble asap!

Or target a star from another clubs Flegg squad. They're not playing for them, so being released to an NRL deal would be highly probable. We've got to be exploring all avenues. If they wont do it give me a job! Sure the kids aren't match fit but there's more long term value getting them training with the nrl squad now and this will help us next season, if not sooner. Promoting Tuilagi, Cooper etc achieves absolutley nothing and is completely pointless.

Etu picked up a serious leg injury

 

[gregjm87]

Upgrade from 2022 min 3 years / end 2024
Laurie
Stef
Tuilagi
Ogden
Cooper
Blore
Seyforth
T Simpkins

Say Goodbye
Packer
Mbye
Joey L
Roberts
Talau
Mikaele

Say Hello
Hastings
Gildart
Lomax
Peachey
Klemmer
Woods
The hello far out ways the goodbye lot , I put Peachey in as he is only 27 and he can change a game on his own , Klemmer add punch and Aggression , Woods still going ok and cheap , Lomax be nice , Hastings again can be aggressive and game changer compared to what we seen in our last game , nobody knew how to finish the game off , Peachey would have been all over that play the ball nobody turned up to grab , Gildart ? Not sure only time will tell I just hope he is quick

Lomax and Klemmer are both contracted for the next couple years. I know plenty of players agitate to get out of contracts early, but i dont recall any player who was still a first grade regular at their current club breaking contract to go to a less successful club.

 

[carltonleach]

So can anyone tell me roughly how much we cap space we have atm? I’m really confused where we are at ?

 

[Thaiger]

So who is the player to be upgraded to our squad?

With so many games on that there won't be any announcements today. Would always be tomorrow, after the round is over, so we won't know even if we signed someone from outside yet

Not likely to be tomorrow either with the two evening games as well.

Depending on the teams involved. If we signed someone from a club not playing tomorrow we could announce it.

If we were just promoting someone why not announce it today?

I don't think there will be much fanfare for this announcement.

You’ve got the inside word?

There hasn’t been any noise other than Panthers signing TPJ and Melbourne signing Tepai Morora in regards to the rest of the league finalising their squads.

I am expecting it to be an internal upgrade, I would expect Tuilagi

That would be a disaster and massive insult to everyone at the club (other than Kelma).

It says there's not a single player of any age that wants to join us.

There is not a lot around atm.

That's just not true and a massive copout. There's hundreds of players potentially available. We'd be far better off promoting Etu Lui, Israel Ogden or evn Logen Dillion given Laurie is out. Get them in the bubble asap!

Or target a star from another clubs Flegg squad. They're not playing for them, so being released to an NRL deal would be highly probable. We've got to be exploring all avenues. If they wont do it give me a job! Sure the kids aren't match fit but there's more long term value getting them training with the nrl squad now and this will help us next season, if not sooner. Promoting Tuilagi, Cooper etc achieves absolutley nothing and is completely pointless.

Such a good suggestion. We have talent that we can bring through from Flegg who actually have shown they want to win and do anything to be part of the club. All this rubbish that we'd be throwing them to the wolves etc. You either step up and learn or maybe you can't cut it - only one way to find out.

In reality, yes they will have had only half a season in 2 years (some of them 1.5 seasons from 2019) but they will be 22 next year - get them in the squad and get them training early if not for 2021 but for 2022.

 

[carltonleach]

Upgrade from 2022 min 3 years / end 2024
Laurie
Stef
Tuilagi
Ogden
Cooper
Blore
Seyforth
T Simpkins

Say Goodbye
Packer
Mbye
Joey L
Roberts
Talau
Mikaele

Say Hello
Hastings
Gildart
Lomax
Peachey
Klemmer
Woods
The hello far out ways the goodbye lot , I put Peachey in as he is only 27 and he can change a game on his own , Klemmer add punch and Aggression , Woods still going ok and cheap , Lomax be nice , Hastings again can be aggressive and game changer compared to what we seen in our last game , nobody knew how to finish the game off , Peachey would have been all over that play the ball nobody turned up to grab , Gildart ? Not sure only time will tell I just hope he is quick

I completely agree with you although I’d be keeping mikale and talau. I think mikale can become a good front rower and still strongly believe talau will make a dynamite second rower . He’s big enough and strong enough and only young still. He has no problem running it’s catching and 2nd row doesn’t catch too much lol

 

[voice_of_reason]

@gregjm87 said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1434086):
>I know plenty of players agitate to get out of contracts early, but i dont recall any player who was still a first grade regular at their current club breaking contract to go to a less successful club.

Ken Maumalo comes to mind - but I get your point.

 

[Newtown]

Need to go all out for Manu.
Give him fb, Laurie to half, Adam 6, Brooks 9.

Gould was saying that Laurie's best position is 6. So this sounds good but I'll have Adam at centre brooks at 7. Also putting Hastings at 13 will give you a ball playing lock.

I agree with Gould assessment on Laurie.

I don't think he is ready for 6 yet.

How does he get ready for six if all that he has been playing for Wests Tigers is 1?

 

[tigertuff]

So who is the player to be upgraded to our squad?

With so many games on that there won't be any announcements today. Would always be tomorrow, after the round is over, so we won't know even if we signed someone from outside yet

Not likely to be tomorrow either with the two evening games as well.

Depending on the teams involved. If we signed someone from a club not playing tomorrow we could announce it.

If we were just promoting someone why not announce it today?

I don't think there will be much fanfare for this announcement.

You’ve got the inside word?

There hasn’t been any noise other than Panthers signing TPJ and Melbourne signing Tepai Morora in regards to the rest of the league finalising their squads.

I am expecting it to be an internal upgrade, I would expect Tuilagi

That would be a disaster and massive insult to everyone at the club (other than Kelma).

It says there's not a single player of any age that wants to join us.

There is not a lot around atm.

That's just not true and a massive copout. There's hundreds of players potentially available. We'd be far better off promoting Etu Lui, Israel Ogden or evn Logen Dillion given Laurie is out. Get them in the bubble asap!

Or target a star from another clubs Flegg squad. They're not playing for them, so being released to an NRL deal would be highly probable. We've got to be exploring all avenues. If they wont do it give me a job! Sure the kids aren't match fit but there's more long term value getting them training with the nrl squad now and this will help us next season, if not sooner. Promoting Tuilagi, Cooper etc achieves absolutley nothing and is completely pointless.

If they dont have one eye on what this team will look like 12 months from now ,they are worse than what i thought they were. I would love to know who in our Jersey Flegg is signed up for the coming years. Surely there is a hand full of guys in that team ready to kick on.

 

[Needaname]

Upgrade from 2022 min 3 years / end 2024
Laurie
Stef
Tuilagi
Ogden
Cooper
Blore
Seyforth
T Simpkins

Say Goodbye
Packer
Mbye
Joey L
Roberts
Talau
Mikaele

Say Hello
Hastings
Gildart
Lomax
Peachey
Klemmer
Woods
The hello far out ways the goodbye lot , I put Peachey in as he is only 27 and he can change a game on his own , Klemmer add punch and Aggression , Woods still going ok and cheap , Lomax be nice , Hastings again can be aggressive and game changer compared to what we seen in our last game , nobody knew how to finish the game off , Peachey would have been all over that play the ball nobody turned up to grab , Gildart ? Not sure only time will tell I just hope he is quick

Lomax and Klemmer are both contracted for the next couple years. I know plenty of players agitate to get out of contracts early, but i dont recall any player who was still a first grade regular at their current club breaking contract to go to a less successful club.

Addin Fonua Blake.

 

[Snake]

Upgrade from 2022 min 3 years / end 2024
Laurie
Stef
Tuilagi
Ogden
Cooper
Blore
Seyforth
T Simpkins

Say Goodbye
Packer
Mbye
Joey L
Roberts
Talau
Mikaele

Say Hello
Hastings
Gildart
Lomax
Peachey
Klemmer
Woods
The hello far out ways the goodbye lot , I put Peachey in as he is only 27 and he can change a game on his own , Klemmer add punch and Aggression , Woods still going ok and cheap , Lomax be nice , Hastings again can be aggressive and game changer compared to what we seen in our last game , nobody knew how to finish the game off , Peachey would have been all over that play the ball nobody turned up to grab , Gildart ? Not sure only time will tell I just hope he is quick

Lomax and Klemmer are both contracted for the next couple years. I know plenty of players agitate to get out of contracts early, but i dont recall any player who was still a first grade regular at their current club breaking contract to go to a less successful club.

Addin Fonua Blake.

Lawnmower man.

 

[Needaname]

Upgrade from 2022 min 3 years / end 2024
Laurie
Stef
Tuilagi
Ogden
Cooper
Blore
Seyforth
T Simpkins

Say Goodbye
Packer
Mbye
Joey L
Roberts
Talau
Mikaele

Say Hello
Hastings
Gildart
Lomax
Peachey
Klemmer
Woods
The hello far out ways the goodbye lot , I put Peachey in as he is only 27 and he can change a game on his own , Klemmer add punch and Aggression , Woods still going ok and cheap , Lomax be nice , Hastings again can be aggressive and game changer compared to what we seen in our last game , nobody knew how to finish the game off , Peachey would have been all over that play the ball nobody turned up to grab , Gildart ? Not sure only time will tell I just hope he is quick

Lomax and Klemmer are both contracted for the next couple years. I know plenty of players agitate to get out of contracts early, but i dont recall any player who was still a first grade regular at their current club breaking contract to go to a less successful club.

Addin Fonua Blake.


Lawnmower man.

Manly is more successful than us.

 

[wicked_j]

Need to go all out for Manu.
Give him fb, Laurie to half, Adam 6, Brooks 9.

Gould was saying that Laurie's best position is 6. So this sounds good but I'll have Adam at centre brooks at 7. Also putting Hastings at 13 will give you a ball playing lock.

I agree with Gould assessment on Laurie.

I don't think he is ready for 6 yet.

How does he get ready for six if all that he has been playing for Wests Tigers is 1?

Darren Lockyer played most of his career at 1 before moving to 6 for Brisbane / QLD. Not saying Laurie will be as good or as successful as he was, but it's not an unheard of move. He' seems to have been playing 6 in attack on the left side of the field (as Doueihi doesn't seem to leave the right), and more of a sweeping role on the right, so his biggest change would be the extra defensive work (and more kicking).